Walter Davenport Bromley (5 February 1787-1 December 1862; born Walter Davenport) was a Church of England clergyman and art collector.
Four paintings previously owned by him are now in the National Gallery, London,[1] three each in the J. Paul Getty Museum,[2] Fitzwilliam Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, eight in the Courtauld Gallery and one each in the Brera Academy and the National Gallery of Ireland.
He became vicar of Ellastone and his only child was the future Conservative MP William Bromley-Davenport.
Born the fourth child and youngest son of Davies Davenport and Charlotte Sneyd, he only assumed the surname Bromley on inheriting Wootton Hall and Baginton from a distant relation in 1822.
He also acquired Greek vases[4] Only eight of the 174 lots at the posthumous sale of his collection failed to find buyers and were (with a small number of paintings) bought back by his son William.